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The Population Research Center is an interdisciplinary research unit of the University of Texas at Austin that provides support for population-related research projects at UT. Faculty researchers come from departments all across campus. Our researchers' projects focus primarily on health disparities, parenting, partnering and human development, educational inequality and opportunity, and socioeconomic inequality and work.
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Nestor Rodriguez Receives ASA Latina/o Section Distinguished Career Award
Nestor Rodriguez has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 American Sociological Association Latina/o Section Distinguished Career Award.
Dan Hamermesh Receives Prestigious Career Achievement Award
The Jacob Mincer Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Labor Economics was awarded to Dan Hamermesh at the annual meeting of the Society of Labor Economists.
Aprile Benner Selected for Prestigious Scholars Program
Aprile Benner has been named to the 2013 class of William T. Grant Scholars, which supports promising early career researchers.
Kaeley Bobbitt Publishes Op-Ed in Austin-American Statesman
PRC Trainee Bobbitt argues that Lawmakers have opportunity to do more for Texas children by investing in both education and health care.
Several PRC Faculty Are Featured on "Knowledge Matters"
A video series from the College of Liberal Arts about UT experts' research findings includes interviews with Paige Harden, Daniel Hamermesh, Robert Crosnoe, and David Kirk
